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Rich Content

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The Rich Content field empowers editors to create dynamic and visually appealing content, which is then stored in the database as HTML.

A Rich Content field labelled Body, with a heading, a paragraph, and the formatting toolbar above a selected word.

Strife Studio screenshot of a Rich Content field

Settings

In addition to the basic settings, this section provides information about unique settings and configurations specific to this field.

Note:

You can find a comprehensive list of all basic settings in the 'Overview' section.

OptionDescription
Menu buttons
Selects which buttons appear in the slash-menu and which heading levels (H1–H6) are enabled. In Strife Studio today only the heading levels take effect; the new interface also limits the other buttons. See Menu button values
Placeholder Document~
Specifies a node scheme that the document must follow.
Lock Placeholder Document~
Specifies whether the user should be prevented to add more nodes after what's specified under the placeholder-document.

Pass menuButtons as an array of strings. Heading values (heading1 through heading6) control which heading levels the editor accepts. Other values enable the corresponding slash-menu items.

ValueDescription
heading1…heading6
Enable the corresponding heading level. Include only the levels you want available.
bulletList
Unordered list slash-menu entry.
orderedList
Numbered list slash-menu entry.
checkList
Task list with checkboxes.
image
Image insert slash-menu entry.
video
Video insert slash-menu entry.
table
Table insert slash-menu entry.
Note:

Inline formatting (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, link, blockquote, details) is always available from the text-selection menu, independent of menuButtons.

Define with JSON

When defining templates using JSON, this field is represented using:

  • Component Name: str-textarea
  • Type: html
  • Reference ID: str-textarea|html

The settings above map into the editor.attributes object inside the JSON definition.

JSON
{
  ...
  "editor": {
    "name": "str-textarea",
    "type": "html",
    "propertyName": "...",
    "attributes": {
      "menuButtons": ["heading1", "heading2", "bulletList"],
      "placeholderDocument": "{\"content\":\"heading paragraph+\",\"placeholders\":{\"heading\":\"Enter title\",\"paragraph\":\"Start writing…\"}}"
    }
  },
  ...
}

Placeholder Document

Warning:

Developer preview. API may change.

placeholderDocument takes a JSON string with two optional keys:

  • content — a ProseMirror content expression that constrains which node types the document contains and in what order. Examples: "heading" (exactly one heading), "heading paragraph+" (one heading followed by one or more paragraphs), "heading paragraph*" (heading with optional paragraphs).
  • placeholders — an object mapping ProseMirror node-type names to placeholder text shown when the node is empty.

Example configuration:

JavaScript
// Rendered as a JSON string in the template attribute:
{
  "content": "heading paragraph+",
  "placeholders": {
    "heading": "Enter title",
    "paragraph": "Start writing…"
  }
}

Valid node-type names for placeholders (and content):

  • heading — all levels use the same node type; the level attribute (1–6) is set by the editor. Use heading, not heading1.
  • paragraph
  • bulletList, orderedList, listItem
  • blockquote
  • codeBlock
  • image, video

To produce the final attribute value, JSON-stringify your config object — the JSON must be embedded as a string in the placeholderDocument attribute. When building templates in code:

JavaScript
attributes: {
  placeholderDocument: JSON.stringify({
    content: "heading paragraph+",
    placeholders: {
      heading: "Enter title",
      paragraph: "Start writing…"
    }
  })
}

Live preview

The compatible Strife Web Components for a Rich Content field are container components only.

Note:

For more information on live preview and Strife Web Components, please refer to the Live preview documentation.

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